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NEWS
Bombardier caps off Paris Air Show with order for 10 CS100s Bombardier added another order to its new CSeries backlog, this time for 10 of the CS100 model from an unidentified European customer. The order, the third disclosed at last week's Paris Air Show, is valued at about $628 million at list prices. Link
Swiss CEO forecasts difficult 2011 second half Swiss International Air Lines CEO Harry Hohmeister said he is expecting a difficult second half of 2011 for the carrier owing to high fuel prices, political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa and the natural and nuclear disasters in Japan. Link
FedEx reports strong fiscal fourth-quarter, full-year profits As FedEx predicted following the end of its fiscal third quarter, the company posted a strong financial performance for its fiscal fourth quarter ended May 31. Net income jumped 33% to $558 million from a $419 million profit in the prior-year period and quarterly revenue rose 12% year-over-year to $10.55 billion. Link
SpiceJet seeks permission to raise $270 million for fleet expansion India’s SpiceJet is seeking Reserve Bank of India permission to raise $270 million from Canada’s export finance agency Export Development Canada for aircraft acquisition and expansion of its operations, company officials told wire services in Mumbai. The fast-growing budget carrier operates a modern fleet of 29 Boeing 737-800 and -900ER aircraft, and is adding seven more 737s this year. It also has ordered 30 Bombardier Q400s, with deliveries starting immediately. Link
Defense industry stays quiet at Paris Military aviation is nearly always overshadowed by the commercial news juggernaut of the Paris air show, but the global defense industry's biggest newsmakers seemed especially quiet at what is still the world's largest industry event this year.
Supersonic theory accelerates in Paris Like the cautious dipping of a toe into suspected hot liquid, UK-based HyperMach Europe tested the waters at the Paris air show by introducing a new concept program that will either snap back in abject failure or, just maybe, might gain some traction. Link
JetBlue awaits further details A320 winglet retrofit While JetBlue Airways management is expecting a "fairly short" payback on its investment in a new Airbus A320 winglet retrofit program, the carrier does not know which winglet solution will be installed on its A320 aircraft. Link
Other News
SAS Group said Finnish subsidiary Blue 1 will phase out its remaining five Avro RJ-85 aircraft and focus on operating Boeing 717s. The phase-out of the Avro fleet is expected to start in August and will result in a maximum of 85 job redundancies at Blue1, SAS said in a statement.
Spirit Airlines, which has led the US airline industry in charging passengers fees for anything other than their low base airfares, has added another to its stable.
The Arab Air Carriers Organization said that international passenger numbers to, from and within the Middle East and North Africa region increased by 6.1% in April compared to April 2010. Arab airlines increased the number of their offered seats to, from and within MENA by 9%, while other airlines slightly decreased the number of seats offered by 0.1%, leading to a 6.2% year-on-year increase in the total number of seats offered.
ST Aerospace and Marubeni Corp. announced that the two organizations have concluded joint venture discussions to form an engine leasing company in Singapore. The new JV, Total Engine Asset Management, will be equally owned and is expected to commence operations in the second half 2011. TEAM’s initial engine leasing portfolio will include the CFM56-3, CFM56-5B and CFM56-7B engines that mainly power narrowbody aircraft such as the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. The JV plans to invest approximately $100 million worth of assets within the first two years, with an equity injection of up to $40 million.
Boeing delivered a 737-800 to EgyptAir, the 17th of 20 ordered by the carrier between 2005 and 2009. EgyptAir’s fleet now includes 17 737s and 11 777s.
Amsterdam Airlines took delivery of a third Airbus A320. The aircraft is on lease from AerCap.
KLM will launch twice-weekly Amsterdam-Rio de Janeiro Galeao 777-200ER service Nov. 1. It will temporarily cease its four-times-weekly service to Dallas/Fort Worth for the winter 2011 as part of recently announced capacity reductions.
S7 Airlines launched a weekly Berlin Tegel-Novosibirsk service.
Flydubai started daily Dubai-Dammam service.
Air Berlin and American Airlines have expanded their codeshare partnership to include AB’s new four weekly Berlin Tegel-New York JFK flights. AB operates 26 weekly nonstop services to the US from German gateways TXL and Dusseldorf.
AVIATION QUOTE
The life of the modern jet pilots tends to be most unexpectedly lonely. . . . foreign countries are places to reach accurately and to leave on time. Distance is a raw material to work with.
— John Pearson, 'Sunday Times,' 4 Feb 1962
ON THIS DATE
June 27th
---In 1877... A major milestone in Japanese aviation history is accomplished with the first flight of a military balloon. It has a capacity of 14,000 cu.ft. and is inflated with coal gas.
---In 1924... Adrienne Bolland wins the women’s record for looping from Laura Bromwell, performing the feat 212 times in 1 hour, 1 minute in her Caudron 127 in Paris.
---In 1931... A full-scale wind tunnel goes into operation at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Laboratory at Langley Field, Virginia.
---In 1955…First flight of the Sud Caravelle.
---In 1958…First flight of the McDonnell XF4H-1 Phantom II.
---In 1961... The first crossing of the English Channel by a VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft is made by the Short SC.1, which is flown by A. Roberts from England to Paris for the Paris Air Show.
---In 1963…First flight of the McDonell Douglas F-4C Phantom II (USAF version).
DAILY VIDEO
EDITOR’S CHOICE
HUMOR
F-16 Humor
F16's legs are too short. And they've only got one (semi-reliable) donk.
Lean, Mean, Flameout Machine.
I SHALL RETURN...Well, I might.
Mach Nix.
The F-16. Takes a licking, and takes a licking.
Have you hugged your chute today?
This Vehicle Makes Frequent Stops.
I came. I saw. I bingo'd.
No deposit, no return.
We've spent so much money on this thing that we can't afford to admit we were wrong.
A triumph of style over substance.
The best damn second place fighter in the world.
Instead of a CAS mod, we're going to install a roll bar.
And now with this LANTIRN thing and our new Block 40's, we can hit the ground at NIGHT!
We cover the target like a thong bikini.
And BINGO is my Name-O.
We crash more airplanes before 9-o'clock than most people crash all day.
Last in the talent show, but first in the swimsuit competition.
Lose a few, lose a few.
Feet and knees together, eyes on the horizon...
Designated no-hitter.
Everything you wanted in a fighter and less.
Optimist: F-16 pilot who's worried about dying from cancer.
Only Michael Jackson is more manly.
Hey, today we didn't lose a single jet.
This is going to hurt me more than it's going to hurt you.
If I carried more weapons, and if I had enough gas, and if I could actually hit the target, and if I had some more REALLY expensive electrons so I could find you, and if my motor didn't quit, and if My wings didn't crack, Boy, I'd really teach you a lesson!
And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight. — E. B. Jeppesen
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1. EI = Ireland 2. C = Canada 3. CC = Chile? 4. LV = Argentina? 5. F = France 6. G = United Kingdom 7. D = Germany 8. EC = Spain 9. JA = Japan? 10. YV = ?? 11. HC = ?? 12. HK = Hong Kong?
Ideology: The mistaken belief that your beliefs are neither beliefs nor mistaken.
